Growing Herbs in the City

For 20 bucks and some sunshine, you can grow your own herbs, no matter where you live. Why grow your own herbs? Have you ever had fresh mint in a salad? Okay, I rest my case.

I’ll post a recipe to one of my favorite year round salads, full of fresh and affordable ingredients.

Growing herbs is easy. If you’re like me, the hardest thing is getting over the anxiety of walking into the store and buying these items. I’ll help you.

You’ll need to buy 3 things:

1 herb of your choice. Choose the best looking herb you can find. Watch out for brown spots. Go for mint, basil, or cilantro if you’re a taco feen like me.

1 bag of garden soil. I went for the smallest bag of Miracle Gro garden soil which was under $5. I’ll go full organic next year.

1 medium plant pot with drainage holes in the bottom. Choose clay, porcelain or plastic. I have all 3. For my new mint herb, I repurposed the plastic pot that I used to kill my Majesty Palm tree. It was unfortunate. More on that later.

Once you have all of your items, it’s time to pot your herbs! Oh, but it will get messy. Pot them outside or on top of newspaper.

With your hands, grab the soil and pack it tightly into the pot. When you get close to filling it up, add you herb bundle and pack the garden soil around it, tightly. Add water and you’re done.